Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

GNU archive site
     
         The main {GNU} {FTP archive} is on gnu.org but
        copies ("{mirrors}") of some or all of the files there are
        also held on many other computers around the world.  To avoid
        overloading gnu.org and the {Internet} you should
        {FTP} files from the machine closest to yours (you may be able
        to use {traceroute} to determine which is logically closest if
        it's not obvious from the transfer rate).  Trans-ocean
        {TCP/IP} links are very expensive and usually very slow.
     
        The following {hosts} mirror GNU files.  Look for a directory
        like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
        {Electronic mail addresses} of administrators and {Internet
        address}es are given for some hosts.
     
        {Original list (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP)}.
     
        Australia: archie.au, archie.oz, archie.oz.au
     
        Brazil: ccsun.unicamp.br (143.106.1.5, )
     
        Denmark: ftp.denet.dk
     
        Europe: archive.eu.net (192.16.202.1)
     
        Finland: ftp.funet.fi (128.214.6.100, gnu-adm)
     
        France: irisa.irisa.fr, ftp.univ-lyon1.fr
        ()
     
        {Germany (ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/)},
        {(ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/)},
        {ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/)}.
     
        Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il ()
     
        Japan: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp
     
        Korea: cair.kaist.ac.kr (143.248.11.170)
     
        Netherlands: hp4nl.nluug.nl, ftp.win.tue.nl (131.155.70.100)
     
        Norway: ugle.unit.no (129.241.1.97)
     
        South Africa: ftp.sun.ac.za
     
        Sweden: isy.liu.se, ftp.stacken.kth.se, ftp.luth.se,
        ftp.sunet.se, , sdi.slu.se.
     
        Switzerland: ftp.eunet.ch, nic.switch.ch
     
        Thailand: ftp.nectec.or.th (192.150.251.32,
        )
     
        UK: src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.3.7, ,
         also sun cartridge or exabyte tapes);
        [email protected] ();
        [email protected] (also qic-21 and qic-24 tapes);
        ftp.mcc.ac.uk (130.88.203.12); Unix.hensa.ac.uk;
        ftp.warwick.ac.uk (137.205.192.14, ).
     
        USA: louie.udel.edu, ftp.kpc.com (Silicon Valley, CA)
        ftp.hawaii.edu, f.ms.uky.edu, ftp.digex.net (Internet address
        164.109.10.23, run by ),
        wuarchive.wustl.edu, col.hp.com, ftp.cs.columbia.edu,
        vixen.cso.uiuc.edu, mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, jaguar.utah.edu,
        gatekeeper.dec.com, labrea.stanford.edu, ftp.cs.widener.edu,
        archive.cis.ohio-state.edu, and ftp.uu.net.
     
        Western Canada: ftp.cs.ubc.ca ()
     
        (1999-12-09)